Instructions for Notice of Discharge (NOD) Project Grants Applications

Notice - As of 5 PM on Friday, April 4, 2008 the application period for CY 2008 NOD projects has been closed until further notice. The application period will re-open when additional funds are available.

The application period for CY 2008 NOD Projects will remain open until available funds have been committed. Early application is encouraged to increase the chances of funding.

The official documents for applying for grants is a fillable PDF document. This form is to be completed and forwarded by e-mail to the Department of Natural Resources according to the instruction letter (see below).

NOD Project Grant application forms

Instructions [PDF 25KB] (Updated: 22-Feb-08)
Fillable Form [PDF 165KB] (Updated: 25-Jan-08)
Note: This fillable form requires Adobe Acrobat version 7 or higher

Notice of Discharge (NOD) Project Grants are provided to local units of government (typically counties) by the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The purpose of these grants is to provide cost sharing to farmers who are required to install agricultural best management practices to comply with Notice of Discharge requirements. Notices of Discharge are issued by the Department of Natural Resources under Chapter NR 243 (Animal Feeding Operations) to small and medium animal feeding operations that pose environmental threats to state water resources. The project funds can be used to address an outstanding NOD or an NOD developed concurrently with the grant award.

Each state agency administers its own NOD project funds. This is because statutory and other administrative requirements for the two agencies vary slightly with respect to cost sharing NODs.

Although the criteria for using agency funds vary between the two agencies, DNR and DATCP have jointly developed a single grant application that can be used to apply for funding from either agency. The two agencies will jointly review the project applications and will coordinate funding to assure the most cost-effective use of the available state funds.

There is no fixed deadline for these applications. The application period will remain open until available funds have been committed. Early application is encouraged to increase chances of funding.

To apply for project funds, download and complete the fillable PDF form available below. The form should then be submitted by e-mail to the applicable DNR regional office in accordance with the instructions to begin the application review process.

If you are unable to make an electronic submittal, please contact either John Pfender (DNR) or Lisa Schultz (DATCP) to obtain a hard copy of the application form

If you have any questions about NOD Project Grants, contact:

John Pfender
101 S. Webster St. WT/3
PO Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Ph: 608-266-9266 Fax: 608-267-7664

OR

Schultz, Lisa J - DATCP
2811 Agriculture Drive
P.O.Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708
Ph: 608 224-4604 Fax: 608-224-4615

Last Revised: Friday April 04 2008